Biography
Ani Charles Bassey-Eyo is an active serial entrepreneur operating in Sub Saharan Africa. He is the principal and Chief Executive Officer of LANI Group and he is actively involved in enterprise, project and initiatives around education, agriculture, finance, technology and consulting.
He co-founded Axiom Learning Solutions in 2010 based on the need to address the inequalities and issues around professional teaching processes in the education ecosystem. As a founder, he sits on the advisory board of Axiom with oversight on finance, business development and corporate strategy. His primary role within Axiom is to drive ideation, develop strategic business opportunities and partnerships that align with Axiom’s medium to long term goals. In Axiom, he is also responsible for project management and delivery of large-scale initiatives which have included nationwide teacher trainings programmes in key areas such as Special Needs and Disabilities (SENDs) and Digital Literacy.
Ani has a wide range of industry experiences that spans media and communication, technology, luxury fashion and retail as well as banking. Some of his achievements in these roles include implementation of a Pan European in-house Bank at Polo Ralph Lauren Europe in 2003 where he served as Group Treasury Manager. He has also implemented several turnkey technology programmes within the UK banking sector including the IFRS Change implementation at the Royal Bank of Scotland Group.
He earned a BSc degree (Second Class Upper Division) in Accounting and Finance from the University of Hull, UK and subsequently gained a Post Graduate Diploma in International Tax Law from the Centre of Commercial Legal Studies, Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London UK. He is a Fellow Chartered Accountant (FCCA), certified Corporate Treasurer (AMCT) and an Associate of The Chartered Institute of Taxation. He also holds a Certificate in Biblical Counselling from Waverly Abbey College, UK.
Mr. Bassey-Eyo is an industry thought leader across several disciplines. He has been a subject matter expert in treasury and risk management for Sub Saharan Africa. He co-authored The Nigeria Country Guide in the International Treasurers Handbook and The Asia Treasurers Handbook published by the JP Morgan and the Association of Corporate Treasurers (UK) for several years. He contributes widely on agriculture, education, education finance, entrepreneurship and youth affairs. He is a frequent speaker at local and international events and an active advocate for social change and justice (e.g., child rights and disabilities).